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Re: Windows XP Support
- From: Erik Soderquist <ErikSoderquist at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:26:39 -0500
- Subject: Re: Windows XP Support
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On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:59 PM, cyg Simple wrote:
> Arguments like this is the reason I had to spend years searching through
> COBOL code for 2 digit years. Old habits seem hard to die. Either
> upgrade or forever pay the penalty yourself to keep the old code running.
Actually I agree wholeheartedly, which is why I I'll make my own
frozen mirror, and deal with whatever happens after that myself.
Since these environments are frozen and isolated, I have not had any
problems. This is also something I only do for my own personal
environments; I won't consider it for public production.
-- Erik
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